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Anti Central Powers Propaganda
Destroy This Mad Brute: The gorilla, that symbolizes Germany, destroys the civilization of Europe and is on its way to America as it stands on American soil.
Help Crush the Menace of the Seas: Unrestricted submarine warfare played an important role in WW1 as it was one of the major reasons why the US entered the war.
Propaganda by: H.R. Hopps
Propaganda by: Barron Gift Collier
Propaganda by: O'Connor-Fyffe
Propaganda by: Ellsworth Young
BACKGROUND:
WHAT IT DID:
Über alles (above everything else): These words were a part of a patriotic song that was sung by German soldiers in World War I. The idea of the Germans as figurative devils, responsible for causing the war and for alleged atrocities committed in Belgium and France, played a big role in British, French, and later American propaganda aimed at stirring up popular enthusiasm for the war.
Remember Belgium--Buy bonds--Fourth Liberty Loan: An anti German propaganda poster that warned to remember the "Rape of Belgium" where the Germans invaded Belgium, violated their neutrality, and destroyed the lives of many civilians
Americans all! Victory Liberty Loan: The nation needed funds to support the war effort along with men. Posters like the one below encouraged Americans to purchase Liberty Bonds.
Be Patriotic, Sign Your Country's Pledge to Save the Food: The Committee on Public Information wasn't the only government board to issue propaganda; this is an example of one from the U.S. Food Administration.
James Reese Europe had served as lieutenant and as the director of the 396th Regiment band (a.k.a. the Harlem Hellfighters) . While hospitalized for a gas attack, he wrote this song for the soldiers. He received international fame for his regiment's musical talent and a hero's welcome upon returning to the U.S., but was tragically murdered soon thereafter in 1919.
Lest We Perish Campaign for $30,000,000 American Committee for Relief in the Near East: Many posters focused on the Western front, however there are a few examples of the propaganda for the Ottoman front commissioned by the Committee on Public Information.
Wake Up, America: This is a recruiting poster. Much of the U.S Propaganda dealt with the topic of recruitment, since many Americans were still pacifists, even in 1917.
Propaganda played an important role in American patriotism starting with the Committee of Public Information. This was a body that was set up to create and disseminate propaganda. this information (whether completely accurate or not) encouraged people to identify themselves as Americans and to feel that their country was in the right. As a result, many Americans supported the war
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https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0703.html